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"RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report Targets Food, Drug, Tech Industries: Key Takeaways"

"The Trump administration issued its long-awaited Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report Thursday, hammering various industries while deviating from mainstream science on key issues including farming practices, vaccinations and psychiatric medications."

Source: The Hill, 05/23/2025

Nations Still Emit Banned Climate Pollutant HFC-23 at High Levels. Now What?

"HFC-23 emissions from chemical plants in eastern China and elsewhere likely violate an international climate agreement despite readily available pollution controls. Advocates are pressing for action."

Source: ICN/Foreign Policy, 05/23/2025

NOAA Predicts Another Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season, But Not As Bad As 2024

"With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, Helene and Milton."

Source: AP, 05/23/2025

House GOP Passes Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Holdouts?

"Early this morning, the House voted 215-214 to pass a sweeping budget reconciliation bill with provisions that include a cancellation or phaseout for just about everything that was in the Inflation Reduction Act."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/23/2025

"Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air"

"In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/23/2025
May 28, 2025

FPF Webinar: Burn After Reporting — Leak Investigations and the Press

Join Freedom of the Press Foundation for this webinar about government investigations into leaks and the impacts on journalists and their sources. 2 p.m. ET.

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June 18, 2025

DEADLINE: Catalyst 2025 — Simulation of Working Through a Water Crisis

Rogue Water Lab invites applications from journalists to attend this high-intensity, immersive event to simulate working through a water crisis — complete with misinformation, stakeholder conflict, press pressure and policy implications. Sep 22–24, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisc. Apply by June 18.

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James Hansen Decries Trump Plan To Shut Nasa Lab Above Seinfeld Diner

"Perched above the New York City diner made famous by the TV show Seinfeld, Tom’s Restaurant, a small research laboratory became, improbably, crucial to humanity’s understanding of our changing climate and of the universe itself."

Source: Guardian, 05/22/2025

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